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AerData is growing its leasing software presence in China under a<br />
new agreement with Everbright Financial Leasing, headquartered<br />
in Beijing, that will consolidate data from multiple sources using a<br />
single Corporate Management System (CMS) platform. The platform<br />
will reduce risk for lessors by giving them full control and oversight<br />
of asset values, contract information and technical details. CMS is an<br />
industry-leading program that supports aircraft leasing business processes<br />
and asset management including maintenance, upgrade and<br />
flight records for individual airplanes. More than 60 leasing companies<br />
worldwide use AerData systems to support their business.<br />
AMOS, the comprehensive, fully-integrated <strong>MRO</strong> software solution,<br />
has been selected by the Italian start-up airline Ernest Airlines. The<br />
airline relies on a Swiss-AS “care-free package”, a combination of<br />
the proven AMOS Operation Services (AOS, covering the application<br />
and database administration) and hosting. Ernest Airlines is an Italian<br />
low-cost carrier headquartered in Milan, Italy. The airline offers flights<br />
from Italy to Albania and Ukraine and launched its operations only this<br />
year. The startup airline currently operates one Airbus A319 and one<br />
A320, with a growing fleet, which is planned to reach five aircraft by<br />
early 2018 with the addition of three A320s.<br />
People On The Move<br />
Aerospace industry veteran<br />
C. Jeffrey Knittel, formerly<br />
both Chief Executive of C2 Aviation<br />
Capital and President of CIT<br />
Transportation Finance, will join<br />
Airbus early next year, taking<br />
the reins of the company’s business<br />
in the Americas. Mr. Knittel,<br />
who brings more than 25 years<br />
of global aerospace leadership<br />
experience to the position, will<br />
join the company at its Americas<br />
headquarters in Herndon, Virginia,<br />
on January 12, 2018, as<br />
Airbus Americas Chairman and<br />
C. Jeffrey Knittel<br />
Chief Executive Officer. Airbus<br />
Americas’ current CEO, Barry<br />
Eccleston, announced that he will retire on February 28, 2018,<br />
following more than 12 years of service to Airbus. Allan McArtor,<br />
current Chairman of the Board for Airbus Americas since 2001, will<br />
remain with the company as Chairman Emeritus.<br />
Eirtech Aviation Services has appointed Keith McKerchar, Director<br />
of Engineering and Eamonn McAuley, Head of Design.<br />
Mr. McKerchar brings more than 35 years aviation experience in<br />
maintenance, engineering and leasing roles and has been part of<br />
Eirtech’s story, as Head of Design, for the last six years. He joined<br />
Eirtech Aviation Services as an Airworthiness Signatory and later<br />
as Head of Design and Chief of the Office of Airworthiness for<br />
our Part 21 DOA. Mr. McAuley joined Eirtech Aviation Services<br />
in 2016 as Deputy Head of Design. With more than 21 years’<br />
experience in the Aviation industry, Eamonn has worked globally<br />
for companies such as Bombardier, Boeing, SAAB and Airbus on<br />
projects ranging from Regional Jet Manufacturing, Fighter Jet Development<br />
and some top-security defense projects.<br />
Lars Wagner<br />
Peter Kameritsch<br />
MTU Aero Engines’ Executive Board will be reorganized, with the<br />
number of members increasing from three to four. This has been<br />
decided by the company’s Supervisory Board at its meeting on<br />
October 24. Effective January 1, 2018, Peter Kameritsch has<br />
been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer<br />
for a term of three years. Lars Wagner will become the new<br />
Chief Operating Officer, also for a term of three years. Dr. Rainer<br />
Martens, who currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer,<br />
will resign from his office by year’s end at his own request.<br />
Aviation Capital Group has promoted Steven C. Udvar-Hazy<br />
to Senior Vice President. He will succeed John Feren as head<br />
of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Relations & Market<br />
Development, effective December 31, <strong>2017</strong>. As Senior Vice President,<br />
Mr. Udvar-Hazy will be responsible for OEM relations at<br />
ACG. In addition to his responsibilities for OEMs, he will also<br />
be building a market development function that will leverage his<br />
knowledge of aircraft and the aviation industry to assist the sales<br />
and marketing teams.<br />
Doug Rasmussen will be joining the executive leadership team<br />
of HAECO Americas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HAECO<br />
Group, as President and Group Director of HAECO Cabin Solutions.<br />
Mr. Rasmussen has deep experience in the aviation industry<br />
and the aircraft interiors’ market, with more than 15 years in<br />
industry leadership positions, most recently with Raytheon Missile<br />
Systems and, before that, B/E Aerospace’s Super First Class Seating<br />
business.<br />
<strong>AviTrader</strong> <strong>MRO</strong> - November <strong>2017</strong>
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